TCMay writes:

On CNN I watched the election results coming in. They always listed four candidates: Bush, Gore, Nader, and Hagelin. The usual format was Bush/Gore on the "crawl" at the bottom of the screen and then a second page with the crawl having Nader/Hagelin.

In fact, Browne did better than Buchanan in Florida, and for that matter Phillips did better than Hagelin. I too noticed CNN's bizarre focus on Hagelin over the much higher polling Browne and Phillips. Perhaps Hagelin acquired an aura of respectability at their editorial desk due to his fight with Buchanan for the Reform nomination. Buchanan beat Browne nationwide but Browne won in a number of states, including Florida. However Browne's vote total ended up being lower than in 1996. Ob